WATCH: USC coach Lincoln Riley buys insane LA mansion for $17 million with movie theater, wine cellar and more

Lincoln Riley begins his tenure at USC in movie star style. The new football coach of Les Troyens spent a reported $17.2 million for a glitzy 3.17-acre oceanfront mansion in the Los Angeles County town of Palos Verdes Estates.
The mansion — which Riley bought for $2.4 million below asking price — has 13,000 square feet of living space on two floors, including seven bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. A 790-square-foot, one-bedroom, freestanding guest house and five-car garage are also on the property.
Here’s a look at the former Oklahoma coach’s new home, which features an elevator, movie theater, tennis court, seven fireplaces, 600-bottle wine cellar, putting green, sauna, and hammams as well as a generator.
The mansion isn’t just flashy. It is also historically significant, as it was once home to the first mayor of Palos Verdes Estates, Fred Roessler, and is aptly known as the “Roessler Estate”.
Riley, 38, had two homes in Norman, Oklahoma, before leaving for USC. One has already sold out and the other has an asking price of $1.9 million.
Riley’s big buy comes after USC handed him a long-term contract worth reported $110 million in November. If that number is correct — USC is a private school, so there’s no need to disclose employee salaries — he would be the highest-paid college football coach in the nation, narrowly surpassing Alabama’s Nick Saban.
With the pay comes a heavy responsibility, as Riley is tasked with reviving a USC program that hasn’t had double-digit wins since 2017. Riley, who won four Big 12 championships in five years with the Sooners and was Conference Coach of the Year. honors in 2018, seems capable of rising to the challenge.